Armrest



June 29 1926. 1,590,479

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ARMREST vFiledMarCh'lO. 1924 Patented .lune 29, 19.26.

UNITED .STATES "FFME,

' JOSEPH i. orfNiiILL, or sr. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

AnMnEs'r.

Application `met March 1o, 19'24'. semi No. s983050.

This invention relates to arm rests,rand has for its objects, first, toprovide a 'simple yand inexpensive 'device to rest the 'hand 'upon whenwriting near the. lower edge of a book Y page; second, to provide adevice havin-'g spaced parallel arranged lea-'f supporting arms, andthird, to provide a Vdevice having the upper plane of the hand restdisposed at a higher elevation than the upper plan-e of the leaf'supporting arms. Y l

With the 4above'and 4other'objects in view, the invention consists inthe novel features of construction and arrangement of parts hereinaftermore fully described and finally pointed out in the 'claims heretoappended. Referring to the accompanying drawings forming apart of thisspecification, wherein like characters of reference denote similar partsthroughout the several views:

Fig. l, is a view in perspective of a book with my improved arm restapplied thereto.

Fig. 2, is a view in perspective of the device removed from a book.

Fig. 3, is a view in perspective of a slightly modified form of thedevice.

Fig. 4, is a view in perspective of a still further modification of thedevice.

Referring to the drawings, the reference character l represents a book,such as a ledger, journal, record, or any other type of book havingwriting space near the lower edge 2 vof its pages, or leaves 3.

In carrying out the aim of my present in! vention, I provide a Ideviceof the class described comprising` a hand rest 4 and a pair of spacedparallel arranged thin flat book leaf supporting members 5 which eXtendfrom the inner edge of the hand rest 4., The upper plane of the handrest 4 is disposed a suitable distance above the upper plane of the bookleaf supporting members 5 to provide the book leaf engaging shoulder orstop 6 at the juncture of the hand rest and book leaf supportingmembers.

In the form of device shown in Fig. 2, I preferably employ a blankmetallic sheet, rectangular in form and cutaway, as at 7, to form thebook leaf supporting members 5. The uncut portion of the plate whichforms the hand rest 4 is bent upwardly to form the stop shoulder 6. Theouter edge of the hand rest section 4 is curved as at 8 to provide aninverted channeled han-d rest and to obviate any sharp or corner edgefor the hand to rest upon. 9 indicates a suitable iller member for thechannel member to bring the vlower plane o'f "the 'hand rest flush withthe lower fplan'e of Vthe book Vsupporting members. Y

In the modified 'form vof device shown in Fig. 3, I 'discard "the use ofthe lfiller member 9.

In the modified form lof the device sli-own in Fig. 4, I preferably makethe "device 'from a single' board member in lieu vof a lmetallicmaterial with the "lower plane of the fhand rest flush with the 'lowerplane of 4the book leaf supporting members.

The `devi-ce is I"used 'as follows:

Vhen'e-ver a bookkeeper, 'clerk or nth-er person desires to enter amemorandum, record or writing 'upon any page df a 'book near the bottomthereof, especially if tihe book is a thick one containing many leaves,so the hand can not conveniently rest upon the page of the book, or uponthe table or desk supporting the book, the thin fiat spaced leafsupporting members 5 are inserted between some of the leaves of the booklower than the one, or ones upon which the record is to be entere-d, ordirectly under such latter leaves if desired, and moved upwardly underthe lower edge until the book leaves engage the stop shoulder 6. If themembers 5 are disposed below several leaves of the book, the pages ofthe book upon which the writing is to be made will lie substantiallyflush with the upper plane of the hand rest 4, thus providing aconvenient and substantial hand rest for the writer to make the writingor entry near the lower edge of the page, as is evident from Fig. l, ofthe drawing. The. board members 5 provide a smooth flat backing for theleaves upon which the writing or record is made.

The hand rest 4 of the device is provided with an opening l() near itsouter edge and preferably midway its ends, so that the device may behung upon a nail, or equivalent means.

It will be observed that the ydevice will fit into a book below twoopposed pages at a time so that each page willhave a suitable hand restbeyond the lower edge of the page.

The Idevice is especially useful when making entries in books which arethick, thus destroying the average table top hand rest. The device iseasily and quickly applied to a book and will prove highly eiiicient forthe purpose intended.

The many advantages of the herein described invention will readilysuggest themselves to those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

I ydo not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the exactdetails of construction shown and described, but desire to have itunderstood that the invention I have shown in the drawings is merelyillustrative, as it is manifest that various minor changes may be madein the exact form, shape and particular arrangement of parts withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention, hence I reserve the right to'make any such changes, or modifications as may fairly fall within thescope of the appended claims when fairly construed.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of' the class described, a rectangular metallic hand resthaving a downwardly curved :forward edge, said hand rest having aldownwardly directed rear edge disposed at a right angle to the planethereof to provide a stop shoulder and a -pair of spaced rearwardlydirected arms integral with the lower edge of' the stop shoulder.

2. In a device of the class described, a rectangular metallic hand resthaving a downwardly curved forward edge, said hand rest having adownwardly directed rear edge disposed at a right angle to the planethereof to provide a stop shoulder, a pair of spaced rearwardly directedarms integral with the lower edge of the stop shoulder and a lller blockfixed to the under face of said hand rest.

3. In a device of the class described, a rectangular metallic hand resthaving a downwardly curved `forward edge, said hand rest having adownwardly directed rear edge disposed at a right angle to the planethereof to provide a stop shoulder, a pair of spaced rearwardly directedarms integral with the lower edge of the stop shoulder and a fillerblock fixed to the under Jface of said hand rest, said hand rest andsaid block having an ope-ning therein intermediate their ends and nearthe forward edge thereof. y

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to thespecification.

JOSEPH P. ONEILL.

